UNDERGROUND WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM – NETHERLANDS, SOUTH KOREA
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLLITTER collection and refuse disposal can pose environmental health hazards, so surely cities and towns would be cleaner if waste was sucked underground by a futuristic sucking mechanism. Sounds like the 22nd century, but actually, Swedish firm Envac Centralsug is already offering such a service. The Netherlands' city of Almere two years' ago installed an underground waste collection system connecting waste facilities to homes, offices, shops and restaurants via an underground pipe network. Now litterbins in the city are being connected. "During ...
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